Program Overview

Applied Economics Program Details

The Applied Economics program is a Master of Science (MS) degree that can be completed in 1 year with a minimum of 30-38 credits.

Prerequisites

All or some of the following courses may be required of students without a business undergraduate degree:

• ACCT7000: Foundations in Accounting (C min) - 2 credits
• FIN7000: Foundations in Finance (C min) - 1 credit
• MGMT7000: Organizations (C min) - 2 credits
• MKTG7000: Marketing Foundations (C min) - 1 credit
• IS6030: Data Management (C min) - 2 credits

Core Courses

Students must complete the following 5 core courses (18 credit hours):

• ECON8010: Econometrics (C min) - 4 credits
• ECON8011: Time Series Econometrics (C min) - 4 credits
• ECON8020: Microeconomic Theory (C min) - 4 credits
• ECON8021: Game Theory (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON8030: Macroeconomic Theory (C min) - 4 credits

Career Management

Students in the Full-Time program must complete:

• BA7077: Career Management (C min) - 0 credits

Capstone

All students must complete a culminating project; choose from the following:

• ECON8090: Masters Research Practicum (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON8093: Master's Internship (C min) - 1-6 credits
• MLTI6000: Study Abroad for Graduate Students (C min) - 1-25 credits

Electives

Students must complete 10 credit hours from the following courses. Substitutions may be made with prior approval of the academic director of the program:

• BANA7042: Statistical Modeling (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON7023: Smart Contract Design (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON8012: Advanced Statistical Models (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON8013: Bayesian Econometrics (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON8014: Spatial Econometrics (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON8015: Panel Data Econometrics (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON8031: Topics in Macroeconomic Theory (C min) - 2 credits
• ECON8056: Competition and Regulation (C min) - 2 credits